Child&#39;s vehicle



R. L. DICKSON CHILD s v VEHIVCLE June 1,7 192,4.

Filed Oct. 16 1922 2 1 ATTORNEY Jqe 17 192,4. R

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1,498,428 L. mcKsoN ILD S VEHICLE d Oct. 16. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wrrNEss:

. AWORNEI Patented June 17, 1924@ entre srarss ROBERT LEE DICKSON, OF B AEKIBL ARKANSAS.

' CHILDS VEHICLE.

Application led October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,896.

To @ZZ 207mmv it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Ronnr LEE Dickson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkin, in the county of Cross and State of lrkansas7 have invented new and useful Improveniente in Childrens Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a hand propelled toy vehicle.

In carrying out my invention 'I propose to produce a toy vehicle that shall include truck and a carriage which is pivotally supported at the front of the truck, said truck having lever operated means for turning the front wheels thereof, and said means being arranged for convenient operation by an occupant of the carriage, and also wherein the pivotal connection between the truck and carriage permits of the operator properly guiding the vehicle. l

The foregoing, and many other objects which will present themselves as the nature of the inventionl is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative association of parts suc-h as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application. A

In the drawings z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy in accordance with this invention.

FigureA 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3 Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

As disclosed'by the drawings, my manually propelled toy comprises two wheeled bodies. One of these bodies I will, for the sake of convenience, hereinafter refer to as the truck and the other body as the carriage The body of the truck comprises a substantially rectangular frame 1, At its rear corners there are journaled in the truck frame, forks 3 for rollers 4. At its outer corners the truck frame is provided `with depending lugs 5 in which are bearings 6 for a shaft 7. Fixed on one end of the shaft 7 is a wheel 8, and loosely journaled on the opposite end of the shaft is a wheel 9.

The truck frame includes inner longitudinal bars 10. These bars arel spaced equidistantly from the center of the truck.l Secured to these bars 10 are uprights 15. Jour= naled in bearings in the lower and widened ends ofthe uprights 15 is a shaft 11 which has keyed thereon a sprocket wheel 12. Around this sprocket wheel there is trained an endless chain 13 which is llikewise directed around a sprocket wheel 14 fixed on the shaft 7.

The shaft 11 has cranked ends 20 to which are pivoted links 19, the links in turn being pivoted to arms 17, each of which has one of its ends pivoted, as at 16 to one of the uprights or standards 15. The free ends of the arms 17 are connected by a handle member 18. y

To the bars 10,at the forward end of the truck frame are secured parallel arms 22 which depend from a disk that provides a fifth wheel 22. 'The disk underlies and has resting thereon the rounded central portion of a plate 24 that is secured to the under fac-e of the carriage body. Passing through the fifth wheel 22 and through the plate 24 is a pivot member which is preferably in the nature of a bolt 23. In this manner the truck is pivotally connected with the carriage.

The fiat body portion of the carriage is indicated by the numeral 35 and has, adjacent its forward end an enlarged opening 36 disposed directly above the truck body .and receiving therethrough the uprights or standards 15 which support the operating means for the crank shaft 11 as well as the sprocket wheel 12 and the upper lead of the chain 13.

The arms 17 and their handle 18 provide the operating lever for turning the crank shaft 11 and for swinging the truck in steer ing.

Dn the forward end of the carriage body 35 is a seat 41 for passengers and on the rear end of the body is a seat 40 for the operator. Depending from the rear of the body 35 are lugs 37 having bearing openings therethrough for a shaft 38 which has journaled on its ends wheels 39. On the inner face of each wheel is a brake drum 42 around which is trained abrake band 43. Each brake band has one end pivotally secured to the adjacent lug 37 and its other end pivotally secured to aplink 37. Each link is pivotally connected to the cranked ends 44 of a shaft 44 which is liournaled in suitable lugs that depend from the body 35, and flxedly secured on the shaft 44 there is a foot pedal 45. A pressure on the foot pedal will draw C Pl the bands tightaround the drums so that the Vehicle may' be quickly stoppedl to insure'- the safety of the operator and passengers.

It is believed thatthe construction, koperation and advantages of theiinprovement Will be apparent from the foregoing, description when taken in connection Withthe drawings. A s previously stated, the operator on the seat 40 actuates the lever, comprising theA arins l? and the handle 18V to reciprocate the links 19 and thereby turn the crank shaft l1 to impart motion to the chain 13 and the drive Wheels 8 andr9. A-

side pressure by theoperator on the operatingv lever Will cause the swingingY ofthe truck body on the carriage body so that the vehicle is thus guided in itscourse and by fixing the Wheel 8 to` the shaft 7 and by. loosely journaling the Wheel 9k on the'shaft the vehicle is permitted to quickly round corners. l

Having described the invention, l claim 1- A vehicle including a truck comprising a body having av rev'oluble shaft journaled at the forward end thereof and drive Wheels on body,pachain trained around said sprocket 7sajlieels, alink connected to the crank, a lever haying. an operating. handle pivotally supported above the truck body and pivotally connected tothe link, and a carriage co1nprising a Wheeled body which is pivotally supported from the body of the truck.

n testimony whereof affix my signature,

ROBERT LEE DICKSON. 

